#C2642C#C2642C

#C2642C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.138 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2642C
RGB	rgb(194, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(22, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 33.64, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 57.83, 54.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.0919 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.138 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2625, 20.7688, 4.9555)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2642C #2C8AC2

analogous

#C22C3F #C2642C #C2AF2C

triadic

#C2642C #2CC264 #642CC2

tetradic

#C2642C #3FC22C #2C8AC2 #AF2CC2

square

#C2642C #3FC22C #2C8AC2 #AF2CC2

split-complementary

#C2642C #2CC2AF #2C3FC2

monochromatic

#5E3115 #904A21 #C2642C #D88553 #E3A885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C2642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#C2642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2642C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2642C	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.138 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9169',
    500: '#c2642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2642c;
$custom-light: #db9169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.4,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60475,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2642C

secondary

#7DAFCD

accent

#A9E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2642C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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